Into the Surge in High-Stakes Verdicts: A Deep Dive Into Nuclear Verdicts December 27, 2023 By Simone Grimes In recent years, the insurance industry has been grappling with a growing concern: the surge in what is now termed...
Bayer Ordered to Pay $1.56B in Latest Trial Loss Over Roundup Weedkiller November 20, 2023 By Tom Hals A Missouri jury ordered Bayer to pay $1.56 billion to four plaintiffs who claimed the company’s Roundup weedkiller caused injuries...
Dash Cams in Fleet Vehicles are Key to Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts, Risk Managers Say November 14, 2023 By William Rabb ORLANDO, Fla. — Cameras. One showing the driver and another facing forward. Those can be the keys to avoiding nuclear...
Litigation Financing: A Dangerous Game or Levels the Courtroom Playing Field? July 25, 2023 By Jim Sams In insurance defense attorney Dennis Kass’ world, litigation financing firms lurk behind the scenes, pushing plaintiffs to undergo as much...
FedEx Loses Bid to Undo $366M Racial Bias Verdict, Files Appeal February 3, 2023 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge rejected FedEx Corp’s request to throw out or reduce a jury’s $366 million damages award to a...
Courtroom Predictions for 2023 From Clyde & Co December 15, 2022 Insurance law firm Clyde & Co put together some predictions for 2023. The bad news for claims: nuclear verdicts aren’t...
Mom Hopes Insurers Take Note of $77M Verdict Against Georgia Addiction Center September 9, 2022 Nick Carusillo died when he was hit by multiple vehicles on a Georgia interstate, just days after he was abruptly...
Viewpoint: Jury Blasts Defense with a $464.5 Million Nuclear Verdict August 2, 2022 By Robert F. Tyson and Shari E. Belitz Plaintiffs’ California dreamin’ became a reality when a Los Angeles jury went nuclear with a verdict of $464.6 million after...
Charter Spectrum Hit With $7.3B Verdict in Texas over Murder of 83-Year-Old July 27, 2022 Charter Communications was hit with a combined $7.37 billion verdict – including $7 billion meant to punish the company –...
Miami Jury Orders Bar That Served Drunken Driver to Pay $96M in Damages July 7, 2022 By William Rabb A Miami-Dade jury has returned one of the largest verdicts ever in an automobile accident case, awarding $95 million in...